All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-08-31.
From the record
United-Guardian, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-04-26); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2023-08-31) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-2.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.
From the record
United-Guardian, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $13 million in fiscal 2017 to $11 million in fiscal 2025, down 2.6% a year; it rose in 4 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count steady. 70% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, United-Guardian, Inc.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 70% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 19%: 19¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 14%: owes 14¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, United-Guardian, Inc. earned about 19 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 39 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 14 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 41% of 17 in its family; net margin 20%.
From the record
United-Guardian, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $11 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of 20% ranks in the top 3%; revenue growth of -6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 9% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 5.6/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: United-Guardian, Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.6 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 11 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 36% of 17 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
United-Guardian, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 9.5% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.1% of revenue (top 9%); a gross margin of 48.8% (bottom 15%); research spending of 4.4% of revenue (top 15%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 22% of 16 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
United-Guardian, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -6% a year over the last three filed years against -2.6% over all 9, slowing (bottom 41% of its family); the newest year grew -13.4% (bottom 3%); research spending grew -1.9% a year (bottom 23%); capital spending grew -7.8% a year (bottom 22%) (its annual reports). United-Guardian, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Pharmaceuticals at $5 million (52%), Cosmetic Ingredients at $3 million (28%), Medical Lubricants at $2 million (20%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 24% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
United-Guardian, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $11 million in fiscal 2025 came in 11.6% below the $12 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 16% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $3 million (bottom 34%); a net margin of 20% against 23.5% before (bottom 22%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made